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The Cry of the Children (1912)

1912 · Silent film · 29 min · dir. George Nichols

  • Drama

Synopsis

Part 1: Little Alice, more fortunate than some of the others, was not always a child slave. She was the youngest of three children, and the pet. Wages were small, but her parents and her brother and sister found it possible to feed an extra mouth, although the margin between income and expenses was pitifully scanty. So little Alice, for a time, was a happy child, and not a tiny old woman, as were the other little girls in the manufacturing town. The wife of the owner of the mill was a selfish,…

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Director
George Nichols
Studio
Thanhouser Company
Released
1912-04-30
Running time
29 minutes

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